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(11) EP 0 229 531 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
12.04.1989 Bulletin 1989/15

(43) Date of publication A2:
22.07.1987 Bulletin 1987/30

(21) Application number: 86310209.1

(22) Date of filing: 30.12.1986
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)4: A61H 23/02
(84) Designated Contracting States:
CH DE ES FR GB IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 31.12.1985 CA 498847

(71) Applicant: WELLNESS INNOVATIONS CORP.
Markham Ontario L3R 4B5 (CA)

(72) Inventors:
  • Noble, Edward D.
    Willowdale Ontario M2J 1A3 (CA)
  • Harding, Duke
    Markham Ontario L3R 4Y4 (CA)

(74) Representative: Cline, Roger Ledlie et al
EDWARD EVANS & CO. Chancery House 53-64 Chancery Lane
London WC2A 1SD
London WC2A 1SD (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Body massager


    (57) A body massager includes a casing 20 having handles 22, 24 at opposite sides disposed in planes mutually at right angles, for ease of manipulation of the massager. A massage head 34 is mounted in the casing for pivotal rocking movement about a transverse axis and has a contoured massage surface 96, 98 for imparting a percussive massage action to a patient. The massage head is driven from an electric motor 28 by a dynamically balanced eccentric 50 driving a connecting rod 56 connected to the massage head by way of a resilient link (68-84) that can be adjusted to vary the amplitude of the rocking motion.







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